Study Places for Students

Study on-campus? We have a wide variety of study places available.

Opening times due to the coronavirus

Type of Study Places

Silent study places
Group work study places

Study places with and without PC
Dual screen study places

Free Study Places?

Check the availability of study places with a PC in the PC Availability Tool. It displays the free study places in the following buildings: Dante, Goosens, Library, Montesquieu, and Prisma.

Check de PC Availability Tool

Make a room reservation

Students, study and student associations can make room reservations for meetings, study places, workshops and events.

Specifications Study Places per building

Academia building

Type of study places: study places without PC at the galleries of the different floors.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 100 study places without PC (without power outlets).
- Second floor: 30 study places without PC (without power outlets).
- Fourth floor: 30 study places without PC (without power outlets).
Printer: A52.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs.

Cobbenhagen building

Type of study places:
- Study places with and without PCs.
- Silent study places in C 023 & C 044.
Location & numbers:
- C 26 ('small foyer' near the glass corridor: 26 study places (without power outlets).
- C 023 (basement): 84 silent study places without PC (with power outlets).
- C 044 (basement): 18 study places with PC (with power outlets).
- C 044 (basement): 12 study places without PC (with power outlets).
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

CUBE

Type of study places: (Group) study places without PC in the study rooms (4- and 10-persons bookable via WRB, 1- and 2-persons non-bookable).
Details:
- Lockers available.
- The 10-person study rooms are provided with displays.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 100 open study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 75 closed study places located in the study rooms without PC (with power outlets). These study places are divided into 1-, 2- and 4-person study rooms.
- First floor: 120 closed study places located in the study rooms without PC (with power outlets). These study places are divided into 1-, 2-, and 10-person study rooms. The 10-person study rooms are provided with displays.
Reservation: study places can be booked via Web Room Booking (WRB).
Printers: Rooms CUBE 48 and CUBE 291.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday from 08:00 - 18:00 hrs.

Dante building

Type of study places:
- Individual study places with and without PC.
- Group study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Lounge places without PC.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 9 study places with PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 52 individual study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 18 group study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 12 lounge study places without PC (with power outlets).
Printer: D 61.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Esplanade building

Goosens building

Type of study places:
- Study places with and without PC (with power outlets).
- Group study places with and without PC (with power outlets).
Details:
- Study places with adjustable desk and notebook docking facilities.
- Lockers available.
Location & numbers:
- Goosens Learning Center (GLC) first floor: 30 study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Goosens Learning Center (GLC) first floor: 45 (group) study places with PC.
- Second floor: 28 group study places without PC (without power outlets). Note: you may be asked to make room for staff members if they need these workspaces.
Printer: G159.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Library building

Montesquieu building: Montesquieu Learning Center (MLC)

Type of study places: group) study places with and without PC, experiment rooms.
Details:
- M21 & M23 are experiment rooms. You can sit here if the room is not booked.
- Lockers with power outlets available.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 0 study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 96 study places with PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 12 group study places without PC (with power outlets).
- M 21: 20 study places with PC
- M 23: 20 study places with PC
Printer: M 22.
Opening hours*:
- Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Prisma building

Type of study places: individual study places with and without PC, experiment rooms.
Details: P18 & P19 are experiment rooms that can be used if they are not booked.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 28 study places with PC.
- P18: 32 study places with PC.
- P19: 32 study places with PC.
Printer: P 051.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 18:00 hrs.

Reitse Poort

Type of study places:
- Individual study places without PC
- Group study places in RP 14 - RP 17
Location & numbers":
- Ground floor: 28 study places (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 4 group study places in separate rooms.
Reservation: the group study places can be booked via Web Room Booking (WRB).
Printer: present.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Reitse Toren

Warande building

* Opening hours: please check the web page on opening hours for an overview.

Restaurant (Mensa)

Closed for self-study

Outside Study Places On-Campus

If the weather is nice, you can also study at the outdoor picnic tables. These 'outdoor study places' are located near the following buildings: Cobbenhagen, Dante, Montesquieu, Simon, TIAS, Warande, and the restaurant. The outdoor study places are equipped with a power outlet and the study places outside the Warande building and the restaurant also have a water tap by Join the Pipe. They hand out water bottles to school children for better hygiene, install water pumps in villages and organize City Clean-Ups to tackle the plastic waste issue at source.

Software

You can check out the software on the PCs yourself by clicking on Start > All programs. Or you can contact IT Support.

Rules student study places

To make studying on the campus as pleasant as possible for all, there are some rules.

Study Places Utrecht

Students of the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology can also use the IT and library facilities of Utrecht University.

Frequently Asked Questions on Study Places

Reservations

How to make a reservation for a student desktop at the University Library?

Go to reservation. You first indicate which day and which location you want to use a student desktop. The system then shows a period chart and map of the chosen location, indicating the available student desktops. In the period chart you indicate what times you want to work, after which the map shows all available desktops. A simple click on the desktop of your choice will do to finish the reservation.

You can book a maximum of 10 periods per week. The evening, Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon each count as one period. On workdays between 8:00 and 18:00 o'clock a period is 60 minutes. Reservations are possible four weeks ahead with a minimum of one day before use. The system shows how many units you have booked in a specific week at a single glance. The survey gives detailed information, in which you may also cancel reservations.

Can I access the reservation system at home?

Yes, go to reservation. You login in with your TiU credentials.

Are there PCs that cannot be reserved?

A number of PCs at the second level of the library is reserved for students who arrive early at the library. In the workplace reservations system these PCs start with the number 240xx. The PCs cannot be reserved. The first come, first served principle applies.

Can I make a reservation for a group study place?

The Reitse Poort has a number of rooms (RP 14 - RP 17) for groups that can be booked through the Web Room Booking systeem.

Can I see where there are free study places with PC?

How can I log in on a student desktop?

You have access to the student desktops with your TiU username (s+6 figures or u+7 figures) and TiU password. You can change your TiU password (TiU password) online via the Password application. Also if you have forgotten your TiU password, go to the
Password application.

How can I temporarily lock my student desktop?

Once being logged in on the student desktop the key combination [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] calls up the window for temporarily locking the student desktop for a maximum of 15 minutes.

It is prohibited to place material on the keyboard, use software or other methods to prevent a restart. Supervising and security personnel check the proper use of the facilities and take action when needed. Your PC might be turned off.

How can I log out?

To end the session you go to the Start menu and choose the option Shut Down.

Automatic 'power-off' available?

After a student desktop is switched on, a blue log in screen will appear for 15 minutes. If the desktop stays idle during this period, the power will automatically be switched off. A warning will appear just before this happens.

Save files (M:\ drive)

Can other users see my locally stored files?

No, other users don't have access to your local files. A reset of the C:\ drive takes place after every log in session, causing the computer to reset completely. So, after every restart it is a standard student desktop. Also the student desktop SWAP partition (D:\ drive) is cleared every day. The SWAP partition is used to store temporary files. Should you have saved files here, please make sure to store them on your M:\ drive or USB stick before ending your session.

If I save files on my desktop, will they remain available for another session?

No, here also goes that the desktop will be cleared after every restart. So mind to save files on your M:\ drive or USB stick.

What is an M:\ drive?

Students get a home directory with 250 MB disc space on the student server to store data. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the files on a USB stick. This M:\ drive is also called your home directory and has got the permanent letter M: for every student.

Do I have access to my M:\ drive at home?

Off-campus you have access to the files saved in your M:\ drive too. Check the FileZilla manual for instructions.

Can I restore deleted files?

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